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It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the public good. Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
John Jay • The Federalist Papers (AmazonClassics Edition)
When these things are pointed out to the American statesmen, they content themselves with assuring you that time will operate the necessary change, and that the experience of evil will teach the people its true interests. This is frequently true, although a democracy is more liable to error than a monarch or a body of nobles; the chances of its reg
... See moreAlexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
As Justice William Douglas would later put it, “power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy.”
Tim Wu • The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age
I have already spoken of the natural defects of democratic institutions, and they all of them increase at the exact ratio of the power of the majority.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
Corporations, which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people's masters.”
Fwd: September 1, 2024
He also saw the dangers in sectionalism (North vs. South) and warned that political factions gaining enough power could seek to obstruct the execution of the laws that were created by Congress and could prevent the three branches from properly performing their duties as outlined in the Constitution.